Tag: Wigram

The line-up of designs and products Customlight Engineering puts out is nothing short of impressive.

Design Engineer Glen Wykes bought the company three years ago, but he has been in the industry for most of his adult life. With his wife Toni-Jane, he has grown the business from its Treffers Road premises, where it manufactures for the lighting, sheet-metal, signage and building industries, among others. Its clientele covers a broad spectrum, from homeowners to international hotel chains, and from retail outlets to universities and hospitals.
Products range from steel gates for residential and commercial clients to metal staircases, window flashings, and presentation furniture such as computer stands and lecterns at the University of Canterbury, Lincoln University and ARA, with home dialysis trollies also made for DHBs.
Glen’s innovative thinking and design skills have seen LED backlit mirrors adorning motels in Melbourne, Fiji and New Zealand, and children running and playing on their custom-built playground at Cathedral Grammar School. There may be no end to Glen’s potential, with lighting units for salmon farms currently under development.
All this and much more suggests Customlight Engineering is the go-to place for all things related to metal fabrication, sheet metal and powder-coating, lighting and signage structures.
Glen is also focused on landscape products such as planter boxes and borders, bollards, gates and fencing. His latest creation is a pizza oven chimney and bench area for a residence in Christchurch. It is the kind of thing Glen hopes to do more of. Many, many satisfied customers attest to the quality and professionalism his company provides. See customlight.co.nz or contact Glen on 03-341 7175.

MrHomes lives and breathes the home building and construction industry. Based in Wigram, the company has earned a sterling reputation for providing customers with quality service and industry knowledge, providing the customer with modern, class leading designer homes at an affordable price.

A dependable contracting service is available, along with house and land packages, design and build options, renovations, plastering, painting and other alterations. If your venture is focused more towards the light commercial side, the company also caters for light commercial projects.
With the vision to modernise the construction industry and the understanding that every individual house constructed is unique, only the finest materials and techniques are used to ensure the finished product is nothing less than perfection.
Once the architectural design is finished, the build process will not begin until every aspect meets with the customer’s approval. MrHomes also guarantees, regardless of your criteria, a shorter design to build process – no more than six months.
The company has proved over countless occasions, it lives up to its sterling reputation. With so many satisfied customers in their dream houses, it’s a popular choice.
For more information or to discuss your project, contact MrHomes on 021 117 1666, 0508 111 666 or email contact@mrhomes.co.nz.

DNG Construction Ltd is going from strength to strength. With countless completed building projects around the city, the team behind this dedicated company can provide you with the experience, knowledge and commitment to ensure your building project, commercial or residential, becomes a reality.

LeBakermen Café and Bakery at 187 Wigram Road offers a strong example of the level of dedication the company applies to every project. “The owner originally just wanted some help framing partition walls and installing Gib board, but soon learned we could help with organising subcontractors, mechanical services, electricians, gasfitters, plumbers and painters etc,” owner Dean Inglis says.
“We ended up helping him through the whole project from start to finish, including all paperwork, applying for and obtaining Code Compliance from the council on the owner’s behalf.”
LeBakermen Café and Bakery owner William Leung was very impressed by the company’s dedication to the project. “DNG Construction LTD has been very accommodating from start to finish. They were always one call away and ready to help. One of our ovens had no water lines connected, but DNG had them installed and connected in two days,” he says.
From design, to construction, to the finish product, DNG Construction is with you every step of the way, with the capacity to handle larger commercial project, residential builds and smaller maintenance jobs, including skylight replacement and bathroom refurbishments.
For more information, visit
dngc.co.nz, phone 03-741 1490 or find the company on Facebook.

When it comes to sourcing retirement facilities for your loves ones, not surprisingly quality is front of your mind. As soon as you arrive at the Lady Wigram Retirement Village, it’s clear this is a unique model of retirement living and one that is all about lifestyle.

Owned by the Golden Healthcare Group, the concept for the $100 million retirement village was launched post-quake, with the first stage of 101 villas opening in 2015.
This year the development at 210 Kittyhawk Avenue has moved one step closer to completion, with the opening of 16 new apartments and a community centre dubbed The Club House, featuring a restaurant, bar,
billiard room, movie theatre and library.
The next stage of Lady Wigram is also now well underway, and will offer another 14 apartments, a swimming pool, spa and gym. When completed, there will be 73 apartments, a rest home, a dementia facility and a hospital.

Golden Healthcare Group purchased the 5.7ha Lady Wigram site in 2013 from Ngāi Tahu Property, the developer of The Landing – the $40 million central hub of the Wigram Skies subdivision, at the heart of which is an architecturally designed town square and a collection of restaurants, cafés, retail and mixed-use community space. Not only is Lady Wigram a short walk from The Landing, it is also just a short drive to Hornby Mall, the Hornby Working Men’s Club and the city.
Everything about the retirement village speaks of the quality and attention to detail this service provider brings to the table, with this resort-style living piquing the interest of a younger demographic.
“In our experience, a lot of people are choosing to move into retirement village life earlier because they recognise the benefits of the ease of living and it allows them greater freedom and more social interaction,” owner John Tooby says.
“This means that it’s really important for us to provide amenities that help residents to socialise and keep active. More and more, retirement villages are becoming communities within their own right.”
Golden Healthcare Group already provides dementia, aged care and mental health support at seven other facilities, employing 259 staff and cares for approximately 350 residents.

It’s something of an institution on Springs Road in Wigram. For more than ten years the Gorgeous Food specialist bakery has been delighting locals and those from further afield, with its ‘gorgeous’ range of tasty classic and not-so-traditional freshly-made treats, both savoury and sweet.

“We are proud to have served the community for so long,” says co-owner JoAnne Fryer. “Our food is healthy and made fresh every day in our bakery using top quality ingredients. Real butter and eggs – baking the way it should be.”
Firm favourites are the delicious pies, quiches and sausage rolls, as well as the bakery’s own style muffins and scones, Dagwood sandwiches, filled rolls and wraps.
“We have been asked a lot lately for salads and we have really enjoyed creating some especially scrumptious flavour combinations that we have had to try ourselves, of course. We have a chicken teriyaki salad with baby corn and bok choy, a pesto pasta salad with smoked chicken and a roast pumpkin salad with beetroot and feta. They are really good to eat on a hot day – or any day for that matter.”
An array of slices too has customers returning. ”Our gluten-free caramel meringue slice flies off the shelves as does the citrus slice and the ginger macadamia slice. And we are famous for nana’s chocolate fudge slice – a much loved family recipe. A slice and a cup of our takeaway Vivace coffee – what better way to indulge yourself?”
Gluten free products are available, along with a great variety of options for business or home catering.

Whether you are a busy executive, retiree or working parent, your health is important. Each of these important life stages are a crucial time to take care of yourself, because optimal health is vital to leading an active and meaningful life.

At Wigram Health, patient health is the dedicated team’s top priority. The team understands its patients need and want a premium service with minimal hassle. To that end, Wigram Health has combined its clinical excellence and state-of-the-art facility to deliver My Health Check-up, the most comprehensive executive wellness programme available.

My Health Check-up is designed to:

• Uncover potential health problems
• Proactively manage identified health problems
• Reduce or eliminate any health risk factors
• Empower patients to achieve positive lifestyle change.
Through the programme, the team will acquire a detailed knowledge about a patient’s health status and know exactly what actions to take to improve their health and wellness.

The core principles of the programme is as follows:

ONGOING CARE:

A commitment to building a long-term relationship with patients to provide them with an outstanding care experience. The day of their first visit marks the beginning of a long-term relationship. After the visit, the team will coordinate all the follow-ups and make sure that all concerns have been addressed. Patients will also be sent a reminder about their next check-up date.

A DEDICATED COORDINATOR:

The team does everything possible to coordinate visits with patients’ busy schedules. A dedicated wellness coordinator will schedule all the visits at times that best suit patients and advise them of any preparation required.

A DEDICATED WELLNESS DOCTOR:

A dedicated wellness doctor, who takes all the time necessary to understand health concerns and carries out a comprehensive head-to-toe examination, will be available. At the end of the evaluation, the doctor will discuss examination findings and test results. The doctor will then recommend a management plan which may include lifestyle advice, treatments, further investigations, and specialist referral. A comprehensive written report will be provided and either delivered to the patient’s home or emailed.

Wigram Health believes in the genuine and compassionate care of people, the kind of care that the team members would want for themselves and their loved ones. It wants to reinvent traditional healthcare and turn patients’ healthcare experiences into positive ones. Moreover, it wants to bring together a team dedicated to exceptional patient experience, smart use of technology, and people-centred design to bring this vision to life.
Providing the same day appointments, extended opening hours, minimal waiting, and virtual consultations so that patients can access care with minimal disruption to their busy lives is all part of the service.
To make an appointment for My Health Check-up or find out more, please contact Wigram Health on
03-349 8613. Email mycheckup@wigramhealth.co.nz, visit www.wigramhealth.co.nz.